magnum
06-21-2005, 03:13
Decided to try something different. Played the Brutii, but I modded the desc_strat file to give me an assassin from the start. I sent the assassin off to his death to start the civil war and took all my troops and generals to another land... North Africa. Kydonia, and the 3 provinces between Carthage and Egypt to be a bit more specific. I then ceded my starting provinces to the Greeks to try and give them a hand and allied with them. Good thing I did as that alliance and the trade it brought kept me alive over 70 years as Carthage and Egypt attack me.
During that time Carthage had kicked the Scripii out of Sicily and kicked Numidia's tail in the western part of North Africa. Egypt stalled fighting me and the Seleucids. Unfortunately for the Seleucids, Pontus wiped them out and took over Asia Minor. In Greece, the Macedonians took over all of it and then drove northward taking out Dacia, Thrace, and Scythia. Hands down they were the world power. The other Roman factions never got off the ground as they were to busy making sure the other roman factions didn't stab them in the back. Britania and Spain split Gaul in half between them (after Britainia and Macedonia finally eliminated Germania.) Over all it was looking like it would be an exciting campaign.
Well, 204BC and I figured it was time to start moving. Figured that the Marius Reforms weren't going to happen, at least not anytime soon. So I built and army of Principles, Archers, and Cavalry, topped it off with my best general, and went back to the homeland. Figured I'd hit Julii's western starting city (can't remember name.) Had a nasty battle of 1200 Brutii vs 1500 Julii that I won and took the city. Now comes the part that made me exit the game in disgust...
Greece, which had been my ally since the second turn. Who I had given two excelent territories to. Who I had assisted in defending themselves on more than one occassion. Who had slowly lost all they had till they only had 3 territories left even though in Italy they had 6 full stacks of armies facing almost NOTHING from the other roman factions. Who had been at war with the other roman factions for 70 years but yet never attacked them. As soon as I took the one city, Greece flew by 2 undefended enemy cities, 4 enemy armies of about 600 men each, through 2 enemy territories, so they could attack their 70 year ally.
Greece, which hadn't put up a fight the entire 70 years against their hated enemies, finally decided it made sense to attack the only ally they had in the game. And its not so much that I would have minded the AI attacking me as it 'sees me as the most dangerous.' I probably am compared to the other AI factions. Its that for 70 years it did nothing with those armies at all. Never once did it attack and enemy army. Never once did it attack an enemy city. It simply defended if and only if the enemy attack the army stack. Heck it never even sent an army stack to relieve cities under siege by an enemy. But as soon as it has a path to me, it attacks. If it has what it takes to attack, it should have been attacking long before then. That level of campaign AI is just frustrating. :furious3:
Such good potential, just some serious flaws that truly hurt the game in the long run...
During that time Carthage had kicked the Scripii out of Sicily and kicked Numidia's tail in the western part of North Africa. Egypt stalled fighting me and the Seleucids. Unfortunately for the Seleucids, Pontus wiped them out and took over Asia Minor. In Greece, the Macedonians took over all of it and then drove northward taking out Dacia, Thrace, and Scythia. Hands down they were the world power. The other Roman factions never got off the ground as they were to busy making sure the other roman factions didn't stab them in the back. Britania and Spain split Gaul in half between them (after Britainia and Macedonia finally eliminated Germania.) Over all it was looking like it would be an exciting campaign.
Well, 204BC and I figured it was time to start moving. Figured that the Marius Reforms weren't going to happen, at least not anytime soon. So I built and army of Principles, Archers, and Cavalry, topped it off with my best general, and went back to the homeland. Figured I'd hit Julii's western starting city (can't remember name.) Had a nasty battle of 1200 Brutii vs 1500 Julii that I won and took the city. Now comes the part that made me exit the game in disgust...
Greece, which had been my ally since the second turn. Who I had given two excelent territories to. Who I had assisted in defending themselves on more than one occassion. Who had slowly lost all they had till they only had 3 territories left even though in Italy they had 6 full stacks of armies facing almost NOTHING from the other roman factions. Who had been at war with the other roman factions for 70 years but yet never attacked them. As soon as I took the one city, Greece flew by 2 undefended enemy cities, 4 enemy armies of about 600 men each, through 2 enemy territories, so they could attack their 70 year ally.
Greece, which hadn't put up a fight the entire 70 years against their hated enemies, finally decided it made sense to attack the only ally they had in the game. And its not so much that I would have minded the AI attacking me as it 'sees me as the most dangerous.' I probably am compared to the other AI factions. Its that for 70 years it did nothing with those armies at all. Never once did it attack and enemy army. Never once did it attack an enemy city. It simply defended if and only if the enemy attack the army stack. Heck it never even sent an army stack to relieve cities under siege by an enemy. But as soon as it has a path to me, it attacks. If it has what it takes to attack, it should have been attacking long before then. That level of campaign AI is just frustrating. :furious3:
Such good potential, just some serious flaws that truly hurt the game in the long run...